Where The Mind Is Without Fear Ibban Kalan Amritsar

Prepared By:
Kuljinder Singh, (C.F.)

G.H.S. Ibban Kalan,
Amritsar
INTRODUCTION
• This poem is taken from the book

“SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH READER” for 10+2
Class of PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION BOARD. The
poem titled “WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT
FEAR” is a patriotic song written by
Rabinder Nath Tagore. In this poem the
poet prays to God to make his country
great in every respect.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941), Indian poet,
philosopher, and Nobel laureate, was born in Calcutta, into a
wealthy family. He began to write poetry as a child; his first
book appeared when he was 17 years old. After a brief stay
in England (1878) to study law, he returned to India, where
he rapidly became the most important and popular author of
the colonial era, writing poetry, short stories, novels, and
plays. He composed several hundred popular songs and in
1929 also began painting. Tagore wrote primarily in Bengali,
but translated many of his works into English himself. He
was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in literature, and in 1915
he was knighted by the British king George V. Tagore
renounced his knighthood in 1919 following the Amritsar
massacre of 400 Indian demonstrators by
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
British troops. Some of his more famous works are 'Balaka',
'Sonar Tari', 'Chitali', and 'Gitanjali'. His selected poems
'Sanchaita', and selected short stories 'Galpagucha' were
published in India 1966. Two of his songs are national
anthem of India and Bangladesh.
In 1901 Rabindranath Tagore founded a school at

Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, which later developed
into an international institution called Visva Bharati, where
he tried to revive the spirit of education of ancient India,
the famed "Gurukula" system, when students spent their
childhood at their teacher's house and studied there.
POEM
1. Where the mind is without fear and the
head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up
into fragments
by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of
truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms
towards perfection;
POEM
2. Where the clear stream of reason has
not lost its way into the dreary desert
sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee
into
ever-widening thought and action…….
Into that heaven of freedom,
my Father, let my country awake.
CENTRAL IDEA
The poem is a patriotic song. It is a
kind of prayer. The poet prays to God
to make his country great. He wants
his countrymen to be fearless. They
should not be divided on the basis of
caste and religion. They should give
up old customs. They should be
guided by reason. They should be
broad-minded in thought and action.
They should work to achieve
perfection. There should be freedom
of every kind. God alone should lead
his countrymen.
Education to all Way to Heaven
Perfect Freedom Unity & Progress

Where the ……….….Perfection.
CONTEXT:
These lines has been taken from the poem “WHERE THE MIND IS
WITHOUT FEAR” written by Rabindranath Tagore. The poem is a
patriotic song. It is a kind of prayer. The poet prays to god to make
his country great in every respect.
EXPLANATIONS:
In these lines the poet says that his countrymen should be truthful
from the core of their hearts. They should make endless efforts to
achieve perfection. They should give up outdated customs. They are
like a dull desert of sand. They should follow reason. Reason is like a
stream of clear water.
Where the ……………… awake.
EXPLANATIONS:
In these lines the poet says that his
countrymen should be truthful from the
core of their hearts. The poet prays to
God to guide the minds of his
countrymen. He should inspire them and
lead them forwards. They would then
automatically enter the ever widening
areas of thought and action. He prays
that his country should become a place
of perfect freedom. Such freedom is like
heaven.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Supplementary English Reader
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• This poem is taken from the book

In 1901 Rabindranath Tagore founded a school at

Perfect Freedom Unity & Progress

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